Oath of office taken by Vice President Biden

By The Associated Press

January 20, 2013 10:18 AM

By The Associated Press

January 20, 2013 10:18 AM

The oath of office taken by Joe Biden on Sunday as he begins his second term as vice president:

I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.